Comments on: Home Fire and Ethan Frome

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:49:46 +0000

In reply to Iza.

Hi Iza, yeah I could use a biography of Wharton as well. You are right it’s surely a depressing novel, LOL … every aspect of it goes right down down down. Thanks for the link to the movie – I’m a little worried to watch that final sled scene but I’m curious to see how & where they filmed the whole film … it felt so cold!! I have yet to read Wharton’s other novels, but I still hope to do. Cheers.

By: Iza

Iza — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:42:21 +0000

I still think Ethan Frome is awfully depressing, lol, but I also still think Wharton writes beautifully and what you’re telling me about her life (I know nothing of it) interests me, I need a biography. I wanted to rewatch the film too and found it on YT cut in small parts, the first is here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbMLeLfxXM

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 14:01:22 +0000

In reply to Brona. Hi Brona, so glad you liked Home Fire! I've been trying to find someone else who's read it. I will check your site to find out what you said about it. It felt quite real to me and a tragic story that I got caught up in. Thx for stopping by.

By: Brona

Brona — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 23:17:06 +0000

Home Fire – yes, yes, yes. If the Booker was still for Commonwealth writers only, I feel strongly that she would have won. she deserves to win something for this incredible story.

I read Ethan Frome too long ago to remember much about it all – must be time for a reread.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 21:07:10 +0000

In reply to JaneGS. Hi Jane, yeah it's a bleak book for sure! The ending wasn't what I expected it would be. I'm interested to read her other novels to see how marriage plays out in them. I saw the movie The Age of Innocence but it's a long while and I need to refresh my memory of it.

By: JaneGS

JaneGS — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 21:00:51 +0000

I reread Ethan Frome a few years ago, and agree with you regarding the semi-autobiographical nature of it. While Edith Wharton seems light years from Ethan Frome, their views of marriage as prison coalesce. That said, it’s hard to imagine anyone listing it as a favorite novel!

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Mon, 20 Nov 2017 20:40:57 +0000

In reply to Amy Brandon (@amyrabbitt). Hi Amy, yeah Ethan Frome is a quick read, short (not David Copperfield!). I hadn't read it before but Wharton is a master so I will read more of hers. I need to mix more classics in. Enjoy your week.

By: Amy Brandon (@amyrabbitt)

Amy Brandon (@amyrabbitt) — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 21:40:31 +0000

I remember liking Ethan Frome, but that was years ago, and as I remember almost nothing about it, I feel I need to re-read it!

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 18:15:48 +0000

In reply to Laurel-Rain Snow.

Hi Laurel: I think you would like both Home Fire & Ethan Frome. Good stories with big endings. Banff must have been really neat in the ’60s — a much quieter time there I’m sure. It’s quite built up nowadays, but in the offseason it’s still fun to visit.

By: Laurel-Rain Snow

Laurel-Rain Snow — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 17:59:04 +0000

Love the sound of Home Fire. I think I may have read Ethan Frome many years ago; so long ago that it is probably due for a reread.

I remember visiting Banff many years ago…in the 60s. Thanks for sharing.

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